Power corrupts

The religious right, always willing to love their neighbor and treat them with respect has decided that moderates have no place in the new Republican party, and that it is now their way or the highway:

"There is no future for moderate and progressive Republicans in the Republican Party," said Jim Scarantino, president of the centrist GOP group Mainstream 2004. "The far right wing and the fanatics have seized control."

Mr. Scarantino isn't sure where his brand of Republican politics fits into the GOP. Some Christian conservatives say it doesn't.

"If they can't agree and support the president and the platform, then they ought to go over to the Democrats," said Jan LaRue, chief counsel for the conservative group Concerned Women for America.

Hey, come on over. That would give Democrats a majority in the Senate and a much needed check on the President. I'd have no problem with that. And I'm sure painting the Republican party as a group that cannot think or act for itself is going to bring long lines of new recruits.

The new Republican party: It's easier than thinking!